Currently doing band-stuff, artistically. Have a couple shows lined up (15th, 19th and 10.5 here in Pittsburgh, a late-October date in Erie), working on some new material. Recently played some shows
in Erie and
here in
Pittsburgh. We just got stickers printed, and
t-shirts should be ready soon (we're doing silver on black). On deck for arrangement I've got an original instrumental I wrote, a couple vocal songs Virginia wrote and one I wrote, as well as a stack of traditional songs (working on "O, Death", "Omie Wise" and "Twa' Corbies" next, with "The Foggy Dew" soon to follow)
I'm also going to be composing/arranging some new age/ambient music for a co-worker's meditative hebrew chant music. The cds he has released have some astounding vocal harmonies/choir work, so attempting to write some electronic music to compliment that will be an interesting challenge. And I'm getting paid.
Film-wise, I have a few projects pending, but nothing at the moment. I really want to be doing more features rather than shorts, but a friend has a body-horror (think Videodrome, Tetsuo) short that is a great script, so if he gets his act together, I'll be doing that. He's also getting back into comic books, and we've talked about doing a comic score. That could be a fun and unusual project, developing skills in new directions!
Oh, and I leveled up in my day job. I am no longer receptionist, I am now Ebilling Analyst. A bit more money, crazy more work. Not sure I made the right move, but they wanted me. If I cared about a career, it's a huge leap (2 paygrades), but it's just a day-job to me. My boss is now a musician who likes low-budget horror, so at least we get along.
And on a technical level, I've been optimizing my Virus libraries (not to complain about free stuff, but screw all sound designers who don't put in categories, assign patches to the "favourites" category or give names like "Bass 43"). I'm trying to find ways to optimize my workflow. Also tweaking intonation issues on my main guitars. Need to upgrade the dulcimer at some point too.
Currently I am consuming way too much vodka.